by Carol A. Josel | Sep 24, 2020 | In The News, It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Making News
Of the 800 teens questioned in Common Sense Media’s remote instruction survey: 60% said online learning is worse than in-person instruction; 25% said it’s “much worse.” And yet, 42% think schooling now should be fully remote; 37% prefer the hybrid model, with 19%...
by Carol A. Josel | Jun 28, 2020 | Articles, It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Making News
Back on April 26, Education Week’s Peter DeWitt found that, “Many teachers, students, and parents are proving to be remarkably resilient during this time when it comes to the effects of the pandemic on schools, education, and student learning. It is not easy to...
by Carol A. Josel | Mar 26, 2020 | Articles, In The News, It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Making News
The good news is that yesterday, in a bi-partisan move, senators passed the largest stimulus package in American history to the tune of $2.2 trillion, offering much-needed financial aid to health care systems, workers, and businesses—and that includes our nation’s...
by Carol A. Josel | Mar 18, 2020 | Articles, In The News, It’s a Fact, Making News
With thanks to USA Today and Kurt Snibbe of the Southern California News Group, some facts and figures to remind us that, we can, indeed, weather this… After all, we’re in this together, so should stick together, follow all guidelines and stop pointing...
by Carol A. Josel | Mar 11, 2020 | Articles, It’s a Fact, Making News, Parenting
Kids are hooked on screens, no doubt about it, with some spending hours on end playing video games–some 41% of boys and 21% of girls, and that prompted Oxford University to study the effects. Among the findings: Spending up to three hours a day has no effect,...
by Carol A. Josel | Feb 5, 2020 | Articles, Commentary, It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Making News
New York Times journalist Craig S. Smith’s recent “The Machines Are Learning and So Are the Students,” explains that artificial intelligence has found its way into the teaching life by taking over such mundane tasks as grading. It is, indeed, a brave new world, and,...
